The important life lesson in the Greek story, "Theseus Journeys to Minos", is to protect and defend what you believe in, but sometimes that means sacrificing something else that is important to you. Theseus is very brave and courageous because he offers to go with the prisoners as a sacrifice to the Minotaur, so he could protect his people. His father begged him not to go, for he was the prince to Crete, and Aegeus's only heir. He respects and adores his father, but he must put an end to his people's suffering. Aegeus finally consented and let him go to try and slay the Minotaur. He told Thesueus to fly a white sail if he returns alive. When he arrives at Minos's residence, he declares he is the prince of Crete and the son of Poseidon. Minos challenges him to fetch his ring from the sea if he really is the son of Poseidon. He prays to Poseidon to help him. This is an example of the life lesson, because he riskes his life to prove a point and he never doubts himself about it. He successfully accomplishes this task and Minos leads him and the prisoners to the cell where they will be staying for the night, for the next morning they will be sacrificed to the Minotaur. That night, Minos's daughter, Adriande, comes to Theseus and tells him she want to help him slay the Minotaur. She displays the trait of fighting for what she believes, because she believes that the sacrifices to the Minotaur are cruel and evil, so she wants to put an end to it, no matter what the concequences may be. Her father might even kill her if he found out that she was helping him. So she gives him a ball of yarn and tells him to tie it to a rock so he can find his way back. The next morning he is shoved into the dark labyrinth with the other men and women. He follows the intructions that Adriande gave him and leads the group through the darkness. He finds the Minotaur sleeping and he rips off one of its horns. The angry Minotaur wakes up and charges Theseus, but Theseus stands his ground and kills the Minotaur. He faced death right in front of him, but he stayed to protect his people. If that isn't defending what you love and what you have sworn to protect, I don't know what is. Today this can be applied just about anywhere. It happens in the military the most often, because their whole purpose is to defend what they believe in. It also happens in the average everyday life. Sometimes it is as simple as an argument of their views of something. What ever the case might be, this life lesson can be seen anywhere you go.
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